MEASURES TO STABILIZE THE PRICES OF PRIMARY PRODUCTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

The paper examines the development of China's economic ties with Southeast Asia over the last two decades, culminating in the inauguration of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) in 2010. Particular reference is made to China's trade ties with Indonesia. Although two-way trade between China and Indonesia has grown rapidly since 2000, Indonesian exports to China are dominated by primary products, while imports from China are dominated by manufactures. While this pattern might reflect short-term comparative advantage in both economies, it is causing some concern in Indonesia. The paper assesses these concerns, and possible political reactions.

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South America and Southeast Asia interregional relations: Beyond South-South Bilateralism

Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies ◽

10.20889/m47e19013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

Author(s):

María Florencia Rubiolo

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

Southeast Asia ◽

East Asian ◽

Asian Countries ◽

Primary Products ◽

Asian Economies ◽

Increasing Demand

South America relations with East Asian countries have flourished during the last decade. This dynamism was fueled by the economic trade complementarities, and the increasing demand of Asian economies of primary products and its manufactures. Our aim in this paper is to identify and analyze the latest developments of interregional initiatives between Southeast Asia and South America, considering also the contributions of bilateral and multilateral policies in enhancing the interregional links.

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The British Empire and the Southeast Asian Rice Crisis of 1919–1921

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x00001189 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 115-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Paul H. Kratoska

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

British Empire ◽

Food Production ◽

East Coast ◽

Local Food ◽

The Philippines ◽

Asian Rice ◽

South And Southeast Asia ◽

Primary Products ◽

North Borneo

From 1919 through 1921, a combination of poor rice harvests and speculative buying caused unprecedented rice shortages in Southeast Asia and led to imposition of government controls over the rice industry. Because there were large workforces in South and Southeast Asia entirely dependent upon imported rice, the shortages were potentially very serious. Malaya and the East Coast Residency of Sumatra, for example, exported non-edible primary products such as tobacco, rubber and tin, and imported rice from Burma and Siam. Two-thirds of the rice consumed each year in Malaya, and one-half of that used in Sumatra's East Coast Residency, was imported, and local food production fell far short of the minimum needed if imported grain could not be obtained. Tea cultivation in Ceylon, tobacco and rubber planting in British North Borneo, and sugar planting in the Philippines were conducted along much the same lines.

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On The Possibility of an Autonomous History of Modern Southeast Asia

Journal of Southeast Asian History ◽

10.1017/s0084255900007944 ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 73-105 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John R. W. Small

Keyword(s):

Southeast Asia ◽

Contemporary History ◽

The Past ◽

History Of

It is generally accepted that history is an element of culture and the historian a member of society, thus, in Croce's aphorism, that the only true history is contemporary history. It follows from this that when there occur great changes in the contemporary scene, there must also be great changes in historiography, that the vision not merely of the present but also of the past must change.

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